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Cities that breathe: Quantifying carbon emission reductions through forest city designation 呼吸的城市：通过森林城市命名量化碳减排

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103541

Jianxian Wu

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Navigating crowds: Reconsidering visitor recreational experience and crowding preference for a forest park in Taiwan 人群导航：台湾森林公园游客休闲体验与拥挤偏好的再思考

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103540

Wan-Yu Liu , Chin-Chun Yen , Rachel S.K. Lee , Chun-Cheng Lin

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A heuristic typology of mediator-centered power in land use conflicts: An actor centered analysis for developing countries 土地使用冲突中以调解人为中心的权力的启发式类型学：发展中国家以行动者为中心的分析

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103539

Muhammad Alif K. Sahide

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Framing forest dieback since 2018 and relating forest restoration: An analysis of the direct communication of forest policy actors in Germany 构建2018年以来森林枯死和相关森林恢复：对德国森林政策行为者直接沟通的分析

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103524

Josephine Köhler, Sandra Liebal, Norbert Weber

{"title":"Framing forest dieback since 2018 and relating forest restoration: An analysis of the direct communication of forest policy actors in Germany","authors":"Josephine Köhler, Sandra Liebal, Norbert Weber","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103524","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103524","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Numerous studies have examined the preferred approaches of various actors in Germany regarding the management of degraded forests and forestry under climate change. These studies often portray forestry and nature conservation as opposing perspectives. This paper analyzes the positions of actors from both groups on current forest dieback in Germany by evaluating information on their websites. Using framing theory, the study investigates the perspectives of 27 actors, focusing on diagnostic (e.g., ‘causers’, ‘victims’) and prognostic (e.g., ‘helpers’, ‘instruments’) framing.</div><div>The results indicate that different actors frame the current forest dieback in varying ways. Consequently, this paper discusses various options for grouping actors based on their framing. We propose to categorize the actors according to their distinct framing of the identified causers of the current forest dieback and the practical instruments for addressing the damaged forest areas. Two groups can be identified. The first group comprises actors who mention both natural factors and human activities as causers in nearly equal proportions. In terms of instruments, they slightly favor passive approaches over active ones. The second group consists of actors who more frequently cite natural factors than human activities. Regarding instruments, they exclusively mention active approaches. In addition to this dichotomy, approaches involving multiple groups are also discussed. Although only a relatively small number of actors were included in the analysis, the results provide new insights into the complexity of the current discourse surrounding forest dieback.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"176 ","pages":"Article 103524"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144168582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Cocoa driven deforestation in Cameroon: Practices and policy 喀麦隆可可驱动的森林砍伐：实践与政策

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103533

Verina Ingram , Valerie Janssen , Victorine Akenji Neh , Arun Kumar Pratihast

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Wildfire risk information sources and the acceptability of fuels treatments near select WUI communities in the Western United States 野火风险信息来源和燃料处理的可接受性在美国西部选定WUI社区附近

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103537

Kelly Wallace , Hannah Brenkert-Smith , Patricia A. Champ , James R. Meldrum , Grant Webster , Christine Taniguchi , Julia B. Goolsby , Colleen Donovan , Carolyn Wagner , Christopher M. Barth , Josh Kuehn , Suzanne Wittenbrink

{"title":"Wildfire risk information sources and the acceptability of fuels treatments near select WUI communities in the Western United States","authors":"Kelly Wallace , Hannah Brenkert-Smith , Patricia A. Champ , James R. Meldrum , Grant Webster , Christine Taniguchi , Julia B. Goolsby , Colleen Donovan , Carolyn Wagner , Christopher M. Barth , Josh Kuehn , Suzanne Wittenbrink","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103537","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103537","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Fuels treatments intended to reduce fuel loads and improve forest health on public lands offer one way to reduce wildfire hazards in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where the natural and built environments meet. However, for fuels treatment implementation to be successful, it must comply with regulatory and scientific standards and be supported by local communities, as lack of acceptance can lead to alterations, delays, or abandonment. To foster support, public land managers can engage directly with residents in communities near treatment areas through various communication channels or engage indirectly through trusted local partners. This research uses paired household survey and observed parcel-level wildfire risk assessment data to investigate wildfire risk information sources' role in the acceptability of fuels treatment approaches on public lands near select WUI communities in the Western United States. We find that information deemed useful from sources is often positively correlated with acceptability, while information deemed not useful is sometimes negatively correlated. Local sources of information tend to be widely received, perceived as useful, and have positive correlations with acceptability, while nonlocal sources vary in their receipt, perceived usefulness, and correlations with acceptability. Public land managers, particularly those from national organizations, may benefit from leveraging and aligning messaging with trusted local partners. Developing fuels treatment plans that consider existing local sentiments may facilitate public trust in managers and acceptability of treatments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"176 ","pages":"Article 103537"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144168581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Buffered Area Restriction Model (BARM) for optimisation of spatially constrained forest harvest scheduling 空间约束下森林采伐调度优化的缓冲区约束模型

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103536

Sandro Sacchelli , Arturo Annunziata , Matteo Lapucci

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The forest restitution process in Serbia: The role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in shaping an adapted forest governance framework 塞尔维亚森林恢复进程：塞尔维亚东正教会在形成适应森林治理框架方面的作用

IF 4 2区农林科学

Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103538

Ivana Živojinović , Jelena Nedeljković , Nenad Petrović , Dragan Nonić , Gerhard Weiss , Liviu Nichiforel

{"title":"The forest restitution process in Serbia: The role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in shaping an adapted forest governance framework","authors":"Ivana Živojinović , Jelena Nedeljković , Nenad Petrović , Dragan Nonić , Gerhard Weiss , Liviu Nichiforel","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103538","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103538","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forest restitution involves returning forest land to its rightful owners or their heirs, often following nationalisation or expropriation. While previous studies have evaluated the effectiveness of policies and governance mechanisms related to forest restitution in Southeastern Europe, there is limited research on how changes in ownership affect the governance and management of such returned properties. This study explores forest restitution to the Serbian Orthodox Church at both the national and local level in Serbia, with a specific focus on the Eparchy of Braničevo. In-depth expert interviews were conducted with key stakeholders, representatives from the Eparchy of Braničevo and the private company responsible for managing these church-owned forests. The results indicate that the restitution process was largely driven by the Church's significant interest in getting its forest back and its formal and informal influence, as well as the requirements associated with Serbia's EU accession process, which necessitated the initiation of this process. The restitution of forests in Serbia has prompted a shift from a centralised to an adaptive governance system and re-established the Church as the largest private forest owner in the country. This shift has impacted the forestry sector by fostering entrepreneurial growth through the emergence of private companies specialising in forest management. This was a key driver in undertaking this study as understanding these dynamics is essential for the development of forest and land-use policies that integrate the socio-economic, legal and environmental aspects of forest restitution.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 103538"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144167121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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What does the climate crisis mean for forest work science? Urgent call for reviewing of research priorities 气候危机对林业科学意味着什么？紧急呼吁审查研究重点

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103528

Siegfried Lewark , Marion Karmann

{"title":"What does the climate crisis mean for forest work science? Urgent call for reviewing of research priorities","authors":"Siegfried Lewark , Marion Karmann","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103528","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103528","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Inclement weather conditions are threatening human health and life in many parts of the world. In particular heat and cold are dangerous working conditions for outdoor work and thus objects of forest work science. Corresponding research has been done, but to a limited extent. An exacerbation of the weather-related threats has been observed, as part of the climate crisis. What does this mean for activities of forest work science? Forest work science has an obligation of support of forestry practice and help improve adequate interventions. A forest work scientist has to deal with this question, like a scientist in any other field of science, and to act accordingly. This touches his or her self-understanding. A survey of related publications shows that there is general knowledge. But there is not much research directed to the impact of climate crisis on working conditions in forest work, while studies are published for work outside forestry. There is a need for applied research that must also consider implementation of available knowledge, e.g. by certification. Integrating the findings of surrounding fields of science, from occupational medicine to rural sociology, is called for. In general, research priorities of forest work science must be reviewed and adapted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 103528"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144146747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Finnish forest owners' willingness to participate in result-based carbon offset schemes. 芬兰森林所有者参与基于结果的碳抵消计划的意愿。

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Forest Policy and Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103531

Domna Tzemi , Jussi Leppänen , Hilja Autto , Emmi Haltia

{"title":"Finnish forest owners' willingness to participate in result-based carbon offset schemes.","authors":"Domna Tzemi , Jussi Leppänen , Hilja Autto , Emmi Haltia","doi":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103531","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103531","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Forests are vital carbon sinks, playing a key role in combating climate change by absorbing nearly one-third of global annual greenhouse gas emissions. In Finland, forests cover 75 % of the country's land area. However, there is currently no policy in place to encourage increased carbon sequestration on privately-owned forestland. This study aims to explore forest owners' preferences for results-based carbon offset schemes and their attributes, contributing to the debate on whether to compensate forest owners based on carbon sequestration. To achieve this, data on forest owners' preferences for alternative carbon offset schemes were collected through an online survey, and a choice experiment was conducted. The results revealed significant diversity among Finnish forest owners in their attitudes towards carbon offset schemes. However, compensatory carbon payments appeared to be the only attribute that would motivate respondents in all classes to participate in carbon schemes. The results of both the conditional logit (CL) model and the latent class model (LC) indicated a high preference among forest owners for the non-participation option, suggesting low willingness to accept new schemes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12451,"journal":{"name":"Forest Policy and Economics","volume":"177 ","pages":"Article 103531"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144139693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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